Los Angeles, Calif. (January 21, 2019) – The Northern Arizona women's Diving team finished off the UCLA Diving Invite with the 1-meter event on Sunday, Jan. 20 in Los Angeles, Calif. The 1-meter was made up of 57 divers, with the Lumberjacks making up five of them. The event is made up of two parts, the first being qualifying and the second being the finals. The finals will be made up of the top 18 divers from qualifying.
NAU in the qualifying was able to place three divers into the top 18 to move onto the finals. The tree divers were
Jenny Cheetham in 11
th place,
Christina Torrente in 13
th place and
Tatiana Kurach in 14
th. In the finals, Cheetham and Torrente put together great performances and both moved up multiple spots in the standings. Cheetham ended up finishing in 8
th place, while Torrente moved up to the 11
th. This marked the second time this week Cheetham ended an event as the top 'Jack. Kurach wasn't able to put together her best performance in the finals and fell to 18
th overall.
Alyssa Jones was able to continue her solid weekend for NAU as she finished 23
rd overall in the 1-meter. The final Lumberjack
Katie Conn ended her weekend with a 42nd overall finish.
Northern Arizona will be back in action against Boise State on Jan. 26 in Boise, Idaho at 11 a.m.
